10 Terrible Video Games We All Ended Up Owning

The idea of a game called Goat Simulator appealed to millions of players on name basis alone, no matter that the game is basically a long-running in-joke that somehow became a commercial entity.

Indeed, Goat Simulator was first created as a jokey prototype for a game jam, yet after footage posted online was rapturously received, it was decided to develop the game into a full retail release.

Rather than finesse its rougher edges, the developers at Coffee Stain Studios ultimately decided to lean into the jank-heavy gameplay, basically marketing its silly sloppiness as a big part of the appeal.

And though the game received wildly mixed reviews, some praising its self-aware tone while many criticised its simple, buggy gameplay loop, Goat Simulator became a commercial phenom, selling 2.5 million copies within 9 months of its release, and grossing $12 million less than two years after it first hit stores.

For a janky-ass game where you control a destructive goat, that's a pretty incredible result, and considering how many of us evidently bought Goat Simulator, we're all complicit in the baffling, irony-laced success of this genuinely wretched title.